Kia Forte 2010–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-SC141R1 · NHTSA communication 10109817 · issued Feb 28, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2010–2014
model years
24
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: SC141 - SERVICE CAMPAIGN - APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL - To improve customer satisfaction, Kia is launching this service campaign to apply additional anti-corrosion material to the underbody components of certain 2011-2014MY Sorento, 2011-2014MY Optima and Optima Hybrid, 2011-2014MY Sportage, and 2010-2013MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles originally sold or currently registered in one of the 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used. The 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used are: AK, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, N
Vehicles covered
- 2010 Kia Forte
- 2011 Kia Forte
- 2012 Kia Forte
- 2013 Kia Forte
- 2010 Kia Forte Koup
- 2011 Kia Forte Koup
- 2012 Kia Forte Koup
- 2013 Kia Forte Koup
- 2011 Kia Optima
- 2012 Kia Optima
- 2013 Kia Optima
- 2014 Kia Optima
- 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2011 Kia Sorento
- 2012 Kia Sorento
- 2013 Kia Sorento
- 2014 Kia Sorento
- 2011 Kia Sportage
- 2012 Kia Sportage
- 2013 Kia Sportage
- 2014 Kia Sportage
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.